Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia (Therapy)
Engineered Cell Line Secretes Insulin
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, January 20th, 2000
"Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) is a neonatal disease characterized by dysregulation of insulin secretion accompanied by profound hypoglycemia," stated W. M. Macfarlane and colleagues from the University of Sheffield. "We have discovered that islet cells, isolated from the pancreas of a PHHI patient, proliferate in culture while maintaining a beta cell-like phenotype."
Macfarlane et al. published the...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2000-01-20)
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